Today, I rejoice with Kehinde Bamigbetan at 60 and commune with Oodua Afeniwero, the progenitor of the Yoruba race and founder of Ile ife Oodaye, nibi ojumo timowa (where the sun set). Babare Agbe o, Awe ni. Congratulations đ Kehinde Bamigbetan started as an activist and Union leader at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile ife, […]
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Media Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin, profiles the founder/CEO of HumAngle, Ahmad Salkida, who has been devoted to conflict and development reporting for over 23 years. âI wish to constantly be in a position of valued service to humanity and society. To be relevant to the present and future generations in devising solutions to some
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Review of Done Over Perfect: Proven strategies for moving past overwhelm by Chioma EzwNwafor. What’s the difference between “Just Do It,” the iconic tagline of Nike, an American athletics shoe company, coined in 1998, and “Don’t just do it, do it well,” which I once shared on X? While the first is a call for immediate action at
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EDITORIAL on the recent out-of-court settlement between Guarantee Trust Holding Company (GTCO) and bloggers standing trial for cyberstalking. After six months in detention, four bloggers sued for cyberstalking by Guarantee Trust Holding Company (GTCO), the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Segun Agbaje and its management recently regained their freedom following the withdrawal of the criminal
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Olanshile Ogunrinu, a 400-level student of Communication and Language Arts is the 37th president of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan following the inauguration held on the 1st of March. Olanshile, a 2024 joint winner of the Centre for Journalism and Innovation and Development (CJID)âs Alfred Opubor Next Gen Campus Reporter Awards in
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One major way to accelerate action to enhance the status of largely disadvantaged women in the media in line with the theme of the #IWD2025 is to regularly provide them with resources, including learning opportunities through various platforms. To complement the programmes and activities of media support organisations and institutions, in which only a limited number of
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The main professional body, whose membership is the vanguard of nudging Nigeria on the right path by the nature of its agenda-setting calling is the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) which auspiciously has just reached a milestone of 70 years of its establishment in the country. At a press conference in Abuja last week to
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In our FOCUS Report, Blessing Osemobor writes of the Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism ( WSCIJ) which has enhanced the career and leadership potentials of participants. Having earlier applied twice and not selected for the Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) by the Wole Soyinka Centre for
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In commemoration of the 2025 International Womenâs Day (IWD) we asked Mass Communication students taking the Media Biographies course to give a shout-out to some accomplished female media professionals they admire and have learnt from while reading about their careers. Below are some of the responses about Former Managing Director of Telegraph Newspaper, Funke Egbemode,
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In commemoration of 2025 International Women’s Day, we asked students of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, taking the Media Biographies in Nigeria course to give a shout-out to some of the accomplished female journalists, broadcasters and other media professionals they have read about. Below are some of the many responses. Toun
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